18-10-2016 22:02 via theguardian.com

Climate change means no airport expansion – at Heathrow or anywhere | George Monbiot

There is only one way to prevent aviation from wrecking the planet. We need to fly much lessThe correct question is not where, it is whether. And the correct answer is no. The prime minister has just announced that her cabinet will recommend where a new runway should be built. Then there will be a consultation on the decision. There is only one answer that doesn’t involve abandoning our climate change commitments and our moral scruples: nowhere.The inexorable logic
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